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Desert T20 Challenge​

The Desert T20 Challenge is a T20I tournament consisting of the 8 top associate nations, divided into two groups of 4 each, to battle it out for the best. It was first and last held in 2017 in the UAE when Afghanistan won beating Ireland in the final.

With both the teams now full-members, the 8 teams in this competition will be as follows-

Scotland (@Till Valhalla)
Netherlands (@Aravind.)
Namibia (@Neptune)
Oman (@Andrin Issac)
United Arab Emirates (@pillowprocter)
Nepal (@Disharies)
Papua New Guinea (@Neo 7)
Hong Kong (@ShamiLoverGlipGlops)

The 8 sides will be divided into 2 groups of 4 each, where the two top teams will qualify to the Semi Finals. Winners of Semi Finals move onto the Final and contest for the trophy, as always. The current edition will be held across the Gulf in Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Stadiums​

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Spoiler: Stadiums

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Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Al Amerat, Muscat ​

The home ground of the Oman National Team will Host all the Group Games of one of the two groups- mostly the one that does not have Oman in it.


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West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha​

Qatar's only Cricket Stadium that has hosted 3 ODIs will be the venue for the other group, likely the one with Oman in it.


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Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi​

The stadium in UAE's capital will host the two semi final games.


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Dubai International Stadium, Dubai​

The Venue for the Grand Finale will be none other than the finest Cricket Stadium in the gulf, in Dubai.​

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Squads​

Spoiler: Oman

Zeeshan Maqsood
Khawar Ali
Aqib Ilyas
Khurram Nawaz
Suraj Kumar
Naseem Khushi
Kashyap Prajapati
Ayaan Khan
Mohammed Nadeem
Sandeep Goud
Bilal Khan
Fayyaz Butt
Sufyan Mehmood
Nestor Dhamba
Kaleemullah

Spoiler: Namibia

Nikolaas Davin
Stephan Baard
Michael van Lingen
Gerhard Erasmus
Karl Birkenstock
David Wiese
Michau du Preez
Lo-handre Louwrens
JJ Smit
Jan Frylinck
Ruben Trumpelmann
Pikky Ya France
Bernard Scholtz
Ben Shikongo
Tangeni Lungameni

Spoiler: United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem
Vritiya Aravind
Aryansh Sharma
Usman Khan
Asif Khan
Rohan Mustafa
Alishan Sharafu
Aayan Afzal Khan
Ali Naseer
Junaid Siddique
Muhammad Jawadullah
Zahoor Khan
Karthik Meiyappan
Nilansh Keswani
Haider Ali

Spoiler: Hong Kong

Anas Khan
Babar Hayat
Shiv Mathur
Muhammad Khan
Niaz Ali
Shahid Wasif
Nizakat Khan
Ehsan Khan
Hassan Mohammad
Adil Mehmood
Mohammad Ghanzanfar
Ayush Shukla
Akbar Khan
Hamed Khan
Nasrulla Rana

Spoiler: Nepal

Kushal Bhurtel
Aarif Sheikh
Rohit Paudel
Aasif Sheikh
Arjun Saud
Kushal Malla
Gulshan Jha
Dipendra Singh Airee
Sompal Kami
Mohammad Aadil Alam
Sandeep Lamichhane
Lalit Rajbanshi
Karan KC
Abhinas Bohara
Pratis Gharti Chhetri

Spoiler: Netherlands

Vikramjit Singh
Max O'Dowd
Colin Ackermann
Bas de Leede
Scott Edwards
Wesley Barresi
Sybrand Engelbrecht
Logan van Beek
Timm van der Gugten
Paul van Meekeren
Shane Snater
Fred Klaassen
Vivian Kingma
Roelof van der Merwe
Shariz Ahmad

Spoiler: Scotland

Michael Leask
Matthew Cross
George Munsey
Ollie Hairs
Richie Berrington
Tomas Mackintosh
Chris Greaves
Brandon McMullen
Josh Davey
Safyaan Sharif
Brad Wheal
Alasdair Evans
Chris Sole
Mark Watt
Hamza Tahir

Spoiler: Papua New Guinea

Tony Ura
Hiri Hiri
Lega Siaka
Sese Bau
Assad Vala
Charles Amini
Kiplin Doriga
Norman Vanua
Alei Nao
Chad Soper
John Kariko
Semo Kamea
Kabua Morea
Nosaina Pokana
Jason Kila

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Stats​

Spoiler: Namibia

Spoiler: Hong Kong

Spoiler: United Arab Emirates

Spoiler: Oman

Spoiler: Nepal

Spoiler: Netherlands

Spoiler: Scotland

Spoiler: Papua New Guinea

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Points Table​

Top two teams from both groups qualify for the Semi Finals​

Group 1​

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Pos.​	Team​	Played​	Won​	Lost​	Points​	NRR​
1​	Netherlands​	4​	3​	1​	6​	0.37​
2​	Hong Kong​	4​	2​	2​	4​	-0.00
3​	Nepal​	4​	1​	3​	2​	-0.00​
4​	Namibia​	4​	1​	3​	2​	-1.21​

Group 2​

Pos.​	Team​	Played​	Won​	Lost​	Points​	NRR​
1​	United Arab Emirates​	4​	3​	1​	6​	1.85​
2​	Papua New Guinea​	4​	3​	1​	6​	0.45​
3​	Scotland​	4​	2​	2​	4​	0.18​
4​	Oman​	4​	1​	3​	2​	-1.55​

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Fixtures​

Each side will play a total of 4 games. 3 games against members of their own group, and 1 wildcard fixture (randomised) against a team from the other group.
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Round 1​

#1 - Namibia vs Hong Kong (Al Amerat) - Namibia won by 6 wickets
#2 - Scotland vs Papua New Guinea (Doha) - Papua New Guinea won by 1 wicket
#3 - Netherlands vs Nepal (Al Amerat) - Netherlands won by 5 wickets
#4 - United Arab Emirates vs Oman (Doha) - Oman won by 4 runs
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Round 2​

#5 - Namibia vs Nepal (Al Amerat) - Nepal won by 23 runs
#6 - Scotland vs Oman (Doha) - Scotland won by 57 runs
#7 - Netherlands vs Hong Kong (Al Amerat) - Netherlands won by 5 runs
#8 - United Arab Emirates vs Papua New Guinea (Doha) - UAE won by 10 wickets
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Round 3​

#9 - Namibia vs Netherlands (Al Amerat) - Netherlands won by 54 runs
#10 - Scotland vs United Arab Emirates (Doha) - UAE won by 40 runs
#11 - Nepal vs Hong Kong (Al Amerat) Hong Kong won by 1 wicket
#12 - Oman vs Papua New Guinea (Doha) - Papua New Guinea won by 52 runs
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Round 4 (Inter-Group)*​

#13 - Netherlands vs Papua New Guinea (Al Amerat) - Papua New Guinea won by 53 runs
#14 - Namibia vs United Arab Emirates (Doha) - UAE won by 9 wickets
#15 - Nepal vs Scotland (Al Amerat) - Scotland won by 2 runs
#16 - Hong Kong vs Oman (Doha) - Hong Kong won by 3 wickets
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Playoffs​

Semi Final 1 - Netherlands vs Papua New Guinea (Abu Dhabi) -Netherlands won by 3 wickets
Semi Final 2 - Hong Kong vs United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) - Hong Kong won by 28 runs
Final - Netherlands vs Hong Kong (Dubai) - Netherlands won by 8 wickets ​

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[Aravind.]

Netherlands, please.

 

[pillowprocter]

UAE

Btw what is the criteria to decide top 8 teams? If it's rankings then Canada should be in, not HK.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Scotland or HK.

 

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UAE

Btw what is the criteria to decide top 8 teams? If it's rankings then Canada should be in, not HK.

These were the same 8 teams as the 2017 edition, and it's Hong Kong because they have a better all-time T20 player pool for the sim. I was thinking USA/Canada, but I think Hong Kong will make for better picks.

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Scotland or HK.

Which one? You're free to call dibs for any of them

 

[Till Valhalla]

These were the same 8 teams as the 2017 edition, and it's Hong Kong because they have a better all-time T20 player pool for the sim. I was thinking USA/Canada, but I think Hong Kong will make for better picks.

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Which one? You're free to call dibs for any of them

The Scots

 

[Neo 7]

Papua New Guinea

 

[Aravind.]

@Disharies Nepal is still up for grabs

 

[Disharies]

Okay i am taking nepal

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@Aravind.

 

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Just saw the messages , I need to turn on notifs for this post

 

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Need manager for one more team either Oman or Hong Kong, I can manage the other one if there isn’t enough interest

 

[Andrin Issac]

Oman please

 

[Till Valhalla]

Oman please

Hey hey look whos back